Postprivatization corporate governance: The role of ownership structure and investor protection

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 369-399

  Boubakri, Narjess ^a   Cosset, Jean Claude ^a   Guedhami, Omrane ^b  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Performance; Privatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 16844386845     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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